Title :
Progress in femtosecond technology for ultrafast communication networks
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Kobe Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Summary form only given. An overview of the recent progress of ultrafast all-optical devices being developed for the application to optical time-division multiplexing (OTDM) communication and signal processing systems is given. In parallel with active on-going development of wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) systems, OTDM is another indispensable technique to support the rapidly increasing demand of system throughput. We review recent development of femtosecond all-optical devices such as semiconductor laser light sources, pulse compression devices, and all-optical switches.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical pulse compression; optical switches; semiconductor lasers; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 Tbit/s; OTDM; WDM; all-optical switches; femtosecond technology; fs all-optical devices; optical communication equipment; optical pulse compression devices; optical signal processing; optical time-division multiplexing; semiconductor laser light sources; ultrafast communication networks; wavelength-division multiplexing systems; Optical communication equipment; Optical pulse compression; Optical switches; Semiconductor lasers; Time division multiplexing; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2002. International Topical Meeting on
Print_ISBN :
4-88552-187-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2002.1158938
